Divider attachment for harvesters.



UNITED STATESv Patented August 9, 1904;.. i

PATENT OEEICE.

CHARLES A. ANDERSON RAND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIG-NOR TO IN- TERNA'IIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DIVIDEN ATTACHMENT FOR HARVESTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,901, dated August 9, 1904.

Application filed February 26,1904. Serial No. 195,336. (No model.)

To (L7/Z whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. ANDERSON RAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and uscful Improvements in Divider Attachments for I-Iarvesters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the acconipan ying drawings, forming a part thereof.

1o The invention relates to divider attachments thatare designed to be folded rearward for the purpose of reducing the width of the machine while it is being transported on the usual truck for that purpose or for convenr 5 ience of storage or other purposes.

The invention has for its object to provide an improved divider that may be quickly turned upward and rearward when required. without removing any of its parts and withzo out the use of tools and will also be held securely in operative position when so adjusted. These objects I attain by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- 2 5 Figure l is a side view of the attachment and enough of a harvester to sufiiciently illustrate my invention. Fig. 2 is a front view of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a portion of the divider, showing the manner of 3o pivoting' it to the harvester; and Fig. LI is a detail of the spring-latch mechanism.

Referring to the drawings, like numerals represent like parts throughout.

l represents a common form of cutter-bar,

3 5 to which is attached the shoe 2.

3 represents a portion of the elevator-frame, and 4 is a part of the frame structure that supports other parts of the harvester.

5 is a divider, preferably of sheet metal,

triangular in form and provided alongits lower edge with the strap 6 and along its rear end with the strap 7, which is provided with a loop portion 8, designed to engage with thc I -shaped end 9 of the part 4, as shown in Fig. 1I.

The shoe portion 2 is provided with the vertical ear portions lO and Il, and I2 is an eye formed in the upper end of the ear IO. A bolt IA extends laterally through the ear Il and secures the divider 5 thereto. A brace 50 l5 is provided with an eye connection at its rear end with the eye l2 and extends forward and is secured tothe divider 5 at its lower edge. rIhe eye l2 is above the horizontal plane of the bolt I4, and the brace 15 thereby 55 has the double function of sustaining the divider against lateral or downward displacement at its point when in operative position and to also canse it to swing laterally grainward as it is adjusted upward about its pivot, whereby its point is moved away from the frame structure, the above being a necessary requirement when the divider is inclined stub- Y bleward in operative position, as is frequently the case in this class of machines.

To prevent the divider from rising at its forward end, there is provided a plate-spring 16, that engages withthe forward side of the hook 9 on the part d, as clearly shown in Fig. 4c. Vhen the plate-spring is closed inward 70 against the divider, it will allow the loop portion 7 to become disengaged from the hook 9 and the divider to' have a free swinging movement upward and rearward, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. I.

I/Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I. In a grain-divider the combination of a harvester-frame, a grain-divider having pivotal connections therewith and adapted to SO swing upward and rearward, a hook on the said frame engaging with the divider and adapted to hold it in operative position and a yieldin g latch operating to hold the two parts in engagement. 8 5

2. In a grain-divider for harvesters the conibination of the harvester cutter-bar and the shoe secured thereto, a divider pivoted at its lower rearward corner to the shoe and adapted to swing' upward and rearward, a hooked arm 90 upon the harvester-frame adapted to engage with the upper rearward corner of the divider to hold it in operative position and a spring- .latch operating to retain'the two parts in engagement. 9 5

3. In a grain-divider for harvesters the coinbination of the harvester cutter-bar and a shoe secured thereto, a divider piveted at its lower rearward corner to the shoe and adaptedto swing upward and rearward, a hooked arm upon the harvester-frame adapted to engage with the Lipper rearward corner of the divider' to hold it in operative position, a plate-spring secured at one end to the divider and having its free end in engagement with the hooked arm to retain the two parts in engagement.

4. In a grain-divider for harvesters the combination -of the harvesters, a divider pivoted at its lower rearward corner thereto, and adapted to swing upward and rearward, a brace secured to the divider near its point and extending rearward, above the pivotal point of the divider and stubbleward to the harvester-frame, and operating to sustain the divider against downward or lateral movement when in operative position and cause it to swing grainward when raised.

5. In a grain-divider for harvesters the combination of the harvester, the cutter-bar, a shoe attached thereto, a divider triangular in form pivoted at its lower rearward corner to the shoe and adapted to swing upward and rearward, a loop or eye upon the upper rearward corner of the divider, a hook upon the harvester-frame engaging with the loop, a plate spring secured at one end to the divider and having its free end abutting' against the back of the hook to hold the said hook and loop in engagement.

6. In a grain-divider for harvesters the combination of the cutter-bar, the shoe attached thereto, said shoe provided with an upstanding ear portion, a divider pivoted to said ear and adapted to swing upward and rearward, a vertically-disposed arm forming a part of the shoe and located stubbleward of the divider, a brace extending from the arm forward, and above the pivotal point of the divider and grainward to the divider and means for securing the upper rear portion of the divider to the harvester-frame.

In' witness whereof Ihereto afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. ANDERSON RAND.

Witnesses:

M. E. HoL'roN, JAMES L. MILLAR. 

